I can honestly say that this is his best track ever, the backing music is actually a little above average, vocals are the same old whatever though. Overall it ends up OK which is something I wasn't expecting from this.

The production is the best part, however, it does get boring in the end. Not a fan of the vocals either.

I'm not too fussed with the lyrical content yet, but if I listen to it more, I'll probably find myself having more of a problem with them and dropping this down to a 2*.

2.5*

EDIT: Maybe I was a bit harsh at first, and I can put that down to two factors. One, I was listening to people in the media overpraising it at first (particularly females in their early 20s), and it was really quite annoying. And two, it seriously looked like it was going to deny Macklemore's "Downtown" of a number one spot.

As we now know, the second factor isn't a problem anymore, with "Downtown" spending 4 weeks at #1, and in relation to the first factor, the more I hear it, the more I can understand where those people are coming from.

In all honesty, I'm starting to actively enjoy this song, which is really quite a surprise as I still don't like Bieber. This is definitely his best song.

It also doesn't hurt that this and Fetty Wap's "679" are the two main songs I used to get me pumped up for my Saturday nights out-on-the-town and is often played in the nightclubs I go out to.

I don't particularly have as many problems with the lyrics as I initially did as well. The line "What do you mean?/When you nod your head yes, But you want to say no" still makes me think that she means "no", and I wonder what all the confusion is about in the first place. Also, how does he know that she wants to say "no" if she nods her "yes", particularly in that I'm placing emphasis on the word "want", meaning that she hasn't actually said the word, but he somehow knows that she wants to say it? There is a little confusion there.

It's basically a more mature and listenable version of "Eenie Meenie" in a lyrical sense, and while that wouldn't usually be a compliment, I always felt like the message/story from "Eenie Meenie" could have been decent with better music and a (significant) lyrical upgrade. It looks like that is what Bieber has provided here.

2.5* -> 3.5*

EDIT: Well I'll be damned. I like this quite a bit now.

It will most likely make my best of 2015 list now, which I honestly thought had no shot in the first couple of times of listening to it.

Since he failed to repeat his past success after getting rid of his teen image he is lost in what direction to take musically, at first he tried to be urban and r&b and now he is trying to be EDM. But in the end it's the same crap.

Tbh I always thought that the amount of hate he received was unjustified, but then again his discography is quite weak for somebody of his status and this song fits right in as it is dull and distinctly average.

Once Bieber starts singing, the song's disjointed staccato synth stabs create the air of confusion and misunderstanding present in the song's title and its lyrics. The most appealing part about this song is that it never quite knows which direction it's supposed to take, feeling like it's constantly having to catch up to itself while simultaneously leaving itself behind. The message is something not often talked about in music (or relationships for that matter), but still perfectly relatable for men and women alike. It's not an easy feat in the world of pop music these days to create an instantly catchy, enjoyable song where all the elements perfectly represent and intertwine with each other, but Bieber has made a fantastic return to music with this tropically-infused pop gem.

Definitely a step up from his previous material. It's been one of the big surprises of 2015, the strength of this sound.It vaguely reminds me of 'Whenever Wherever', also a #1 debut.Quite enjoyable overall, but this is just suffering a bit now from overplay.

Sounds like a whiny 15 year old girl in the chorus. This is absolute shit and I can't believe he's still finding a way to sell records, better yet I can't believe people are still buying this crap, makes me want to throw up.Laatst gewijzigd: 25/03/2016 15:22